(ThyBlackMan.com) Commitment is one of the most sacred words that can be said to a woman, and most times just the mention of it will make men run so fast you would think they are trying to get out of the rain. My concern though is not commitment between a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Think professional help is too rich for your blood? A financial adviser comes clean… Let’s say you’re a first year school teacher, with a Masters degree, and you’re making about $45,000 a year. Yes, you need financial planning—and in all likelihood, a professional financial planner to help. How about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For many, visiting an automated teller machine (ATM) is part of a routine, much like grocery shopping and filling up at the gas pump. With new, sophisticated scams to pilfer personal financial information, it is smart to be increasingly vigilant in your efforts to protect yourself and your financial ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Russell Simmons’ “RushCard” is being investigated by Florida officials for being predatory and misleading, along with four other prepaid debit cards. Companies offering prepaid debit cards are becoming quite common. Everyone from American Express to Wal-Mart, is offering a way for customers to have access to funds electronically without ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 21st century global economy will have winners and losers. Will African-Americans be among the winners in this new economy? Have African-Americans accomplished something economically during the first decade of this new century to claim a place on the global scene? After a thorough analysis of our economic infrastructure, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) BLACK CONSUMERS SPEND $2.2 BILLION WITH TOYOTA, YET TOYOTA REFUSES TO THANK BLACK CONSUMERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT… Toyota Motor Sales USA executives have angered National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Chairman Danny Bakewell Sr. and America’s preeminent Black newspaper publishers after the troubled carmaker backed out of a multi-million dollar ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was born in the late 1950’s and I experienced discrimination at an early age. I’m old enough to remember racial segregation, the Black and white lines in the South, and the changes brought about by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Six years later I was one of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With so much talk going on about how low interest rates are, it makes sense to seriously consider home ownership. If you’re considering purchasing your first house, condo, or townhouse you’ll have to get your ducks in a row. Duck number one is making sure your credit reports from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It isn’t clear what is worse: the housing crisis that keeps deepening or the reports of pervasive banking fraud that keep getting exposed. With the banks facing billions in potential damages, perhaps some measure of justice can be done to the homeowners who have been the victims of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is not about race. It is about a philosophy and agenda that is rather foreign to his predecessors. The thought resembles that of the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm who addressed a group of Black manufacturers with this: “I don’t give a damn about businesses. All I am concerned with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Immediate and targeted action by both the public and private sectors is urgently required to address the devastating national unemployment rate for African Americans. With 14 million unemployed Americans of all races, genders and ages, there is certainly much pain that is shared by all. Yet, the degree of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You’ve undoubtedly heard the phrases 401(k), 403(b), IRA, Roth, TSP, and 457 plans. Do you know what they mean? Are these the latest Levi Blue Jeans? Are these the new and approved Mazda, Honda, Lexus series? If you’re having a difficult time sorting out the “alphabet soup” of retirement ...